The early 1980s were a bleak period for Vietnam. The southeast Asian country, one of the world’s poorest, was still recovering from decades of war. Its centrally planned economy was unable to deliver ...

This spring marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon—an event many refugees call “the day we lost the country.” A turbulent postwar era followed, with South Vietnamese people suffering imprisonment and ...

This defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement and temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones: a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh, and a southern zone to be governed by an anti ...

The Vietnam War - AQA Asian countries became a focal point in the Cold War. Both the Korean and Vietnam wars took place as communism looked to expand and America intervened, concerned about domino ...

On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states ...

As the Asia-Pacific faces continuing socioeconomic and geopolitics uncertainties pushed by outside forces, the robust China-Vietnam partnership stands as a pillar of regional stability. The deepening ...

You’ve probably seen Zhangjiajie’s towering sandstone pillars before, even if you didn’t realise ... you’ll understand why. Towering limestone karsts rise out of calm waters, creating a view so iconic ...

2006). These deposits occur in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Tajikistan, Nepal, Burma (Myanmar), China, and central and northern Vietnam (Hughes, 1997). In northern Vietnam, the deposits are ...